Until We Meet Again Chapter 8: You Don't Understand, a lord of the rings fanfic

Chapter 7

By Crystal

Author's Notes: Hey everyone! Please read this. Anyhow, as some of you know, I have a website and I will tell you this... I'm putting up my ideas for new fics there, so if you want to check it out and give me some suggestions or anything, please go check it out there. http : // www . chatarea. com / CrystalSnowflakesForum. f44290

*We all know that anything that has to do with 'Lord of the Rings' belong to J.R.R. Tolkien...*

Legolas' arms tightened around me as he looked at me, "Well, that happened when I could no longer stand the thought of leaving you... Haldir, Boromir, Aragorn, Gimli, Arwen, and Éowyn finally dragged me to see Mithrandir..."

"And that leads to going to Lothlórien... Haldir had taken rest off of his status of March Warden for a month, knowing it was around this time that you and I had gotten together... It was painful to in Lothlórien again. Everything was the same, except it was missing you."

Legolas' eyes seemed far away, deep in thought and I squeezed his hands, reassuring him, "Go on..."

He smiled softly, "Aragorn and Arwen married on Mid-Year's Day... Three months after your 'death'." His eyes dimmed in pain, "Boromir and Éowyn are engaged and currently talking about their marriage," now, his lips quirked up. "Gimli stayed with me, visiting the Glittering Caves and Fangorn Forest and Haldir came whenever he was allowed free time. He feels guilty... We had all spent a long time grieving over you, and it was finally when you were gone that everywhere felt so empty."

"So back in Lothlórien, Lady Galadriel and Mithrandir had discussed something without anyone else, and one day, on February the fifth, they spoke to me in private. They told me about you, how we were stuck in separate worlds, how you had always been in a coma in your world when you arrived here..."

"They told me of a solution." He paused dramatically, then continued, "and they told me that it was possible to send me to your world by putting me into a coma, but at the risk of losing my life because they did not know if it was entirely safe, but I took up the risk. When I left, I told everyone that had been there for me and they were glad for me. They knew of the risk, but they knew if I did not take the risk, I would die sooner or later."

"Haldir was there to pack everything for me, along with Boromir, Gimli and Aragorn. Éowyn was especially helpful, packing everything you had left in our world."

His eyes glowed, "And the next day, they put me in a coma. I arrived here instantly, neither knowing what anything was, nor who anyone was nor where I was. I decided to follow my heart, knowing that it would lead me to you, so with the weirdest clothes ever in your world, I went in search of you."

"With practiced stealth and perfect quietness, I traveled into alleys, trying as much to avoid any human interactions. And I got so close..." He paused, "Until when I came to your apartment, I slammed into Master Bruce and Lady Irene."

Irene smiled, "And we dragged him into the alley."

"All the while with Irene asking Lego if he was Legolas or not, and if not, why did he look like him so much with all the clothes along with the bow and set of quiver." Bruce added.

Irene huffed, "Well, you would've asked too if you were a 'Lord of the Rings' fan."

Legolas chuckled, "So I said yes, and asked them if they lived around in the building."

Irene cut him off, "So I said my friend lived there and I asked who he was looking for. Imagine my shock when he said, 'I am looking for Jessica Hanson'. So I told him about everything."

"In the alley." Bruce added dryly, then said, "And you also asked about every damned question possible in the world."

"But he never answered questions, so Bruce and I dragged him in our car and drove away."

"Not to mention he was scared shitless in the car."

"He is an elf, Bruce."

"So what?"

Legolas spoke before anything else happened and Alan looked on in amusement, "And then, I told them everything. Everything about Middle-Earth, everything you have done for us, for Boromir, Haldir and I. They were in awed, for one, of you not telling them anything, and for also you falling in love with a fictional character from 'Lord of the Rings'."

"So it was then I planned your romantic event. I clued Iris in the legend of the Windmills and at the Cottage we are currently in on the phone, even telling her that she and Zach would have a wonderful Valentine's Day..." Irene's voice flattered, "But I never thought..."

Bruce put his arm around Irene, "We know..." He looked at me, his eyes intense, "We got Legolas to leave a Valentine's Day Card with Amy, somehow knowing Iris was going to drag you in there. She loves to go in there."

"We expected Legolas to come back to our house afterwards," Irene said, "But... What we didn't expect was him following you, although I don't know what happened. He never told us, although he told us he saw you."

Legolas spoke up, "I followed you to the park... And I looked at you on top of the tree."

I flushed at the memory, thinking myself as childish for acting like that, speaking to a tree. I was truly insane.

"There is nothing to be ashamed of, melamin." He said, smiling. "Then I saw Alan take you away. For the journal... It was Lady Irene and Master Bruce's work."
Irene grinned, "Well, I took Iris' keys, telling her I would visit, but instead, I went to your house to drop off the journal when you were at the coffee shop with Iris. Somehow, I knew that you would be too disturbed to notice the journal on the bed table, so once I did that, I left. The next day, I came over just to return the keys to Iris. What caught both Bruce and I by surprised was when we got to your apartment; you were watching 'Lord of the Rings'. You have no idea how worried sick I was for you."

"We heard you cry..." Bruce said quietly. "Alan did too, that was why he stood up. Iris was confused, but we got her attention off you by using the television."

"Then came the sword," began Legolas, "I gave it to Master Eddie and I watched you spar with him. You had no idea how much I wanted to embrace you and kiss you at that moment. I was so proud of you, Jessica. You improved so much over the last year. But then you felt my presence, so I ran. I ran into Alan, shocking him, but he did nothing to stop me and I told him to keep me a secret before I ran into the streets."

"Both the cloak and dress were just sent to you, because we didn't know how else to give it to you." Bruce said.

"Then came the arrow where we wanted to give to you by shooting through the window. No, wait, that was Bruce's idea." Irene said sarcastically. "I personally thought it wasn't romantic enough, so we thought about tying a ribbon onto it and leaving it at your doorstep. But then, it seems that God had another idea in mind and Legolas shot the man that cornered you in the alley." Irene shuddered, "You should have seen the icily glare he had when he was glaring at the man."

I smiled softly, "So gentle to friends, yet so deadly to enemies."

"Indeed." Alan nodded.

"Last came the rose." Irene said. "I couldn't think of any way to give it to you, except putting on your pillow. And we used the help of Alan."
I snorted and looked at Legolas, "And you told me you never talked to Master Alan." I said.

"He didn't." Bruce replied coolly, "We talked to Alan."

"I arrived at your house when I found you asleep in your room." Alan said, "then I had a little nap on your couch, and you, knowing I was a very light sleeper, awoke immediately when you went into the shower. So I went into your room and laid the rose down and opened the window just in case you caught me, I could say I was going after Legolas who jumped out the window. Of course, you never did and before you came out of the shower, I left your apartment and went home to spend the next hour or so doing nothing. Then I came to your house, acting as if nothing ever happened."

"And then while Eddie, Iris, Alan and I were driving here, you two were probably already here, leaving Legolas by the windmills." I said.

Irene nodded, "Yep. You have to congratulate me though, you never did suspect it was Alan, Bruce or I."

I shook my head, "No I didn't, although I'm still not happy with you keep Legolas away from me for such a long time!" I slapped Legolas lightly on the shoulder and he chuckled, "And you went along with it too!" I said playfully.

I couldn't stay mad at them, nor did I want to at all. They helped me make this Valentine's Day special. "I think we owe the others an explanation, don't we?" I asked.

Alan nodded, "Definitely..."

Irene gave me a sweet smile, "How about you two lovebirds go spend your day together and I'll explain it to them with the help of Alan and Bruce?"

I shook my head, "I would love to, of course... But it's also you guys' Valentine's Day."

Irene sighed, exasperated, "Go with the elf! You haven't seen him for a year!"

"I..." I sighed, "I think I have to talk to Iris. Personally."

Silence settled in the room and finally, I stood up, "I'll talk to Iris now. See you later." I gave Legolas a kiss on the cheek and left the room, only to be met with Carrie and Josh on the couch, staring at the television, but their eyes were unfocused. "Where is Iris?" I asked worriedly.

Suddenly, the front door slammed open and Eddie came through it, "She's outside... Perhaps you would like to talk to her..."

I nodded and without a second's hesitation walked out the cottage and to the front yard. For the first time in a long while, I didn't pay much attention to the Mother Nature around me and looked around for Iris, finally spotting her.

I walked towards her with Elflike steps and asked softly, "How are you doing, Iris?"

She didn't turn around, nor did she make any moves to show me she had heard me.

I touched her shoulder and she moved away quickly, "Don't touch me."

"Iris..."

"I don't understand..." Her eyes looked at me with betrayal, disbelief, anger, confusion, shock and most importantly, sadness clear in her eyes. "Why..." Tears gathered at her eyes.

I bit my lips, "What do you want me to tell you?"

"I'm so confused... About everything. How... Why didn't you tell me? Why? I would have understood--"

"No! You wouldn't have, Iris!" I almost shouted. "You don't understand how I feel, Iris. I don't want to brag about this, but it's true. You wouldn't have understood, Iris. You wouldn't have understood how hard it was to choose between saving yourself or you friend's life. You wouldn't have understood the pain I went through every second of the day, knowing Legolas loved me and I was about to break his heart unwillingly. You don't know how I felt when I came back to Earth, Iris. I was disgusted. Disgusted at the mere presence of us humans."

She glared at me, "If you fucking told me, then I would have understood."

I mocked a smile, "No you wouldn't have... Every second of the day, every fucking second of the day, Iris...I had to act like I was happy. I was fine, I was good. But you know what? I haven't been 'fine' or 'happy' or simply 'good' for a whole fucking year." I no longer cared if I swore; my anger was getting the better of me.

"And what if I told you, Iris? You wouldn't have believed me. You knew, as well as everyone, that I would never have fallen for a fictional character like Legolas Greenleaf. But guess what? I did. I fell for him, hard. I love him. Would you understand that? No. Because I don't myself. I didn't even know if it was a simple dream when I fell into Middle-Earth, I didn't even know if it was my brain fucking around with me. And plus, you would have probably gotten mad at me for thinking your Legolas was mine."

Iris growled, "I wouldn't get so mad at some petty problems like that."

"Oh yeah?" I asked, "You are pretty angry now for some petty problems."
"I am not angry." She insisted.

"Bullshit."

"Fuck you, Jess."

I rolled my eyes, "No, thank you." I glared at her and we had a glaring contest for quite a long while, until I finally realized what I had done. I stopped glaring immediately. "I'm sorry."

"Fuck you, Jess." She repeated.

I shook my head, "I'm really sorry... Maybe I should talk to you when you are calmer. I am sorry I provoked you." I said sincerely, and then looking at the ground, I walked away. Guilt was finally setting in, "Amin hiraetha..." (Forgive me...) I whispered quietly and sadly. "I did not mean to shout or hurt you... Amin hiraetha, mellonamin."

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Author's Notes: That's about it for this chapter. I have half of the next chapter written out, but I have to type it. And I've thought of an ending already... One that I think a lot of you will like, but I'll have to ask a few people about it, mainly my beta about it and what she thinks about it. Anyhow, see you! By the way, I got 76 reviews for the last chapter! Yay! I would also like to point out that this chapter was NOT a cliffhanger. Woohoo! If you wish to be on the mailing list (meaning me sending you an email telling you of updates), please leave your email in the review or email me your review. Thank you!

Oh, and last thing. Thank you for EVERYONE's suggestions about how Iris should act. Thank you!

-Crystal

Thursday, September 25, 2003